First the facts:Birthday: 28/01/1986Nationality: BelgianLocation: near AntwerpJob: IT-consultant (mainly .NET programming) since about 10 months

Then the story (the Warhammer 40k related bits anyway):I started playing Warhammer 40k a year and 9 months ago, starting out as a Tau player. Collected a good 1500 point mechanised army with lots of battle suits + a few extra's that didn't get used much (read: special characters, kroot, vespid,...) I mostly play at my local games workshop in Antwerp, Belgium, and mostly against my brother in law, who chose chaos space marines and started the hobby at the same time I did. Gave my Tau a run for their money. Then unfortunately 2 months and a half ago my car was stolen. Guess what was left in the trunk after an evening of gaming... Correct, my proper 1500 point army + templates + rulebooks + dice...

I had been thinking about starting a new army, which is also the reason I didn't just buy new Tau units to rebuild my old army. I had heard quite a bit about the new grey knights, and also heard they're easy on the wallet to start, since the units are quite pricey in points. Started off by buying the units that looked coolest, or the ones I had real trouble against their chaos counterparts, first I bought me a Terminator box and a Stormraven, followed by a Nemesis Dreadknight and a Landraider. Suddenly I discovered I had no real HQ and only one small troop squad, so I turned my 5 Terminators into a Librarian and 4 Paladins, and bought me 2 boxes of regular grey knights, to form 2 Strike Squads.

I've not much experience playing with them, but have done a lot of thinking and reading about them. About 50% of what I read came from the greyknights forumotion, so I decided to make an account, and present my case. Besides this topic I've also one where I wrote out my current army list in short, and I hope to gain some nice insights there.

_________________"Though we face the power of hell, and death is at our side, we fear not, for the Emperor is with us through it all. If we live, we live for the Emperor. If we die, we die for the Emperor. So whether we live or die, we are the Emperor's. We are Grey Knights and this is why we came to be." --Grandmaster Rivan

"It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know your enemies but do know yourself, you will win one and lose one; if you do not know your enemies nor yourself, you will be imperiled in every single battle." --Sun Tzu (from ancient Earth)

Welcome to the forum!Sounds like you made a good start, and with a few PAGK or GKT boxes you'll have a fully fledged force.I'd recommend only taking 5 man paladin squads so you can get their heavy weapons, and try and keep PAGK in 10 man squads unless you have a razor transport.GK are pretty good, but still die like normal marines, although the Lib can give you a real edge!

_________________+++"There is nothing in the arcane and blasphemous arsenal of the forces of Chaos that can compare to faith. With the power of faith, our weapons become shining instruments of deliverance that can cleave the mightiest daemon in twain. With the power of faith, our minds appear as slivers of pure agony to the daemon, driving into the wretched forms of those who would dare stand before us. With the power of faith, our words become commands that cause the daemon to cower and cringe in terror. I could meet my enemies unarmed without a shred of fear in my chest, for I know that the Emperor watches over me and guides my hand. So let them come. We shall show them what the power of faith can do."+++ (Brother Captain Stern)